JG Cully's writing blog about the Haldred Chronicles series of fantasy detective novels.

Thursday, 6 December 2012

The to do list has become shorter...

Its
been a very busy day at work so I am taking it easy tonight, but a
blog update seems in order now after launch day. Much has been
happening.

Lots
of people have bought the book, and even better, they like it!
Getting a lot of positive comments and suggestions which is really
fantastic. Thank you so much to those who have been commenting, its
been really encouraging and has spurred me on in my writing of the
sequel.

The
Facebook page (www.facebook.com/haldredchronicles)
has been very useful as well for getting the word out, particularly
amongst friends. I'm able to update it on a more regular basis than
the blogs and I have been posting up images from the novel to help
get the word out. The Council of Peace symbol in particular looks
very well (nicely done Mat!). The plan for the future is still to
post up more background information on aspects of the novel such as
organisations and weapons. Just to further flesh out the story
beyond the first novel.

Added
to this the list of twitter followers continues to grow (follow me at
@jgwritesnovels
:-D) and I'm starting to get to know more of the indie authors. They
are a very nice bunch of people and I'm trying to make more of an
effort to 'retweet' their book advertisements.

The
Infinity the game 'Paradiso' writing competition entry has proceeded
a pace. Now in draft 2 the story is looking very solid. Just under
3000 words long and i'm enjoying writing this sci-fi story as a
little side project to Haldred Chronicles.

So,
like the title says, the to-do list has shortened. But then, it is a
big to-do list.

I
still have to sort the publishing of the paperback book via Amazon
createspace (still hoping to sort in January 2013) and I also need to
get more reviewers to review the book and post up on the book review
sites. Plenty of objectives still to sort.

In
the meantime, if you guys did like the book please let Amazon know by
posting up a review on amazon.co.uk (link to the book is HERE).
It would really help with getting the word out.

Thanks
again for taking the time to read the blog guys, I know this one was
very wordy. Haldred Chronicles is a big undertaking but I'm really
enjoying writing it. The future is definitely bright :).